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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-13/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-14/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-16/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-17/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-18/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review/2026-08-20/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:HireUC Alumni Career Summit - San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:Ready to explore new career opportunities? Join fellow UC alumni from across all 10 UC campuses at the HireUC Alumni Career Summit – San Francisco\, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect directly with 75+ employers actively recruiting UC talent. \nThis complimentary\, expo-style event brings together accomplished job seekers and employers representing a wide range of industries and career fields. Meet face-to-face with hiring representatives\, learn about current opportunities\, expand your professional network\, and discover what’s next in your career journey. \nThursday\, August 20\, 2026\nSouth San Francisco Conference Center \nWhether you’re actively searching for your next role or exploring future possibilities\, we invite you to join us for a day of meaningful connections and career discovery. \nComplimentary for alumni attendees. Advance registration is required. \nLEARN MORE & REGISTER
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/hireuc-alumni-career-summit-san-francisco/
LOCATION:South San Francisco Conference Center\, 255 S Airport Blvd\, South San Francisco\, 94080\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making\, Acts Of Resistance\, And Imagining Otherwise
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together a range of analog games – including board\, card\, role-playing\, and other participatory works – that engage social and political realities in different ways. The works span widely circulated commercial games to independently produced projects\, one-of-a-kind artworks by artists\, faculty\, alumni\, and students\, and materials drawn from UC Santa Cruz Special Collections and Archives. \nIn part\, the exhibition challenges the persistent assumption that games and play are detached from social and political life. On the contrary\, game designers and artists across diverse perspectives and positions have long used play to engage questions of social systems\, lived experience\, and how power operates. This exhibition does not attempt to represent that full spectrum. Instead\, it brings together a particular set of works that foreground how games can make systems visible\, intervene in them\, and imagine alternatives. \nAll games embody values\, whether intentional or not.  \n– Mary Flanagan\, game designer and scholar \nAcross all of these works\, games are not only forms of entertainment\, though they may be that as well. They are encountered in multiple ways: as objects\, as systems\, as artworks\, and as experiences that unfold unpredictably through interaction. In each case\, rules and constraints shape what participants can do. In these different forms\, the works stage systems – such as housing and land ownership\, capitalism\, race and identity\, civil rights and protest\, fascism\, and colonialism – in ways that are simplified and easy to see\, opening space to recognize similar structures beyond the game. In this sense\, the works suggest that rules are not neutral – they organize experience\, distribute power\, and produce meaning. \nGames are the art of agency. \n– C. Thi Nguyen\, philosopher \nThe exhibition is intentionally dense. This abundance reflects the breadth of ways games operate across contexts\, from activism and education to art and everyday life. While it celebrates creativity and difference\, it also asks how these works engage critically with the structures that shape our lives.  \nSome works use rules to model systems\, helping players understand how those systems operate. Others use play to rehearse action\, asking players to practice navigating or challenging those systems. Still others turn toward speculation\, inviting players to imagine alternative futures\, worlds\, and the systems that might shape them.  \nThe imagination is an instrument of change. \n– Ursula K. Le Guin\, author \nThe focus on analog games reflects how they foreground materiality and shared physical presence. Played face-to-face\, handled\, read aloud\, and experienced together\, these works show how rules operate not in abstraction\, but through lived\, embodied experience. \nUltimately\, the exhibition asks us to consider not only how games represent the world\, but how they shape our engagement with it – and how through play\, the social and political systems they model might be understood\, challenged\, and reimagined. \nGames are not apolitical. \n– Kishonna L. Gray\, media scholar \n  \nGallery Reception\nMay 15 from 1 to 4pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery \n  \nArt Friday\nHands-on art activities drawing from the current exhibition.\nALL ARE WELCOME regardless of skill level. Art supplies and free snacks are provided!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/rules-are-not-neutral-play-as-sense-making-acts-of-resistance-and-imagining-otherwise-2/2026-08-20/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Penunuri\, G. (BMEB) - Genomic\, Proteomic\, and Computational Approaches to the Study of Host-Microbe Systems
DESCRIPTION:Host-microbe systems are core to some of biology’s most consequential interactions\, from the pathogens that drive infectious disease to symbionts affecting agricultural pest control and vector-borne disease transmission. Yet unlike the model organisms that have driven most of modern molecular biology\, the microbes at the center of these interactions are rarely genetically tractable: many cannot be cultured outside a host\, resist standard tools for genetic manipulation\, and are annotated largely by homology to distantly related free-living relatives. This dissertation develops genomic\, proteomic\, and computational methods to work around this lack of infrastructure and contribute techniques and tools to the study and further understanding of host-microbe systems. Using Wolbachia cultured in Drosophila melanogaster cell lines\, I demonstrate that chemical mutagenesis can be used to perturb intracellular genomes leaving a detectable mutational signal. I employ a low error rate sequencing technique to record and model the mutational landscape left by the mutagen ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) demonstrating its use for mutagenesis screens of intracellular bacteria. I next utilize structural proteome datasets to screen host-microbe proteomes for strong candidates of molecular mimicry\, microbe proteins that have coevolved a eukaryotic like domain or structure and suggest use for host manipulation or microbe survival in the host environment. Building off of this screen for novel effectors through structural alignments I develop and test a distributed computing system for performing large scale systematic literature reviews. Altogether these projects represent generalizable approaches to the study of host-microbe systems reaching from classically studied and thoroughly understood to novel and non-model systems. \nEvent Host: Gabriel Penunuri\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics  \nAdvisor: Russell Corbett-Detig \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98216883331?pwd=uqmUSQba2X6GVNBhOhAGRwgCZyjAyj.1 \nPasscode: 730377
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/penunuri-g-bmeb-genomic-proteomic-and-computational-approaches-to-the-study-of-host-microbe-systems/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences Building\, 575 McLaughlin Drive
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SUMMARY:Become a Special Education Teacher Assistant
DESCRIPTION:Interested in becoming a Special Education Teacher Assistant? \nJoin us for an informative session to explore the courses designed to prepare you for success in inclusive and special education classrooms. We’ll provide an overview of the curriculum\, discuss current industry trends and workforce demand\, highlight career opportunities\, and answer your questions about getting started. \nYour speaker\nSharmila Roy\, Ph.D.\, began her teaching journey in India and pursued further training in the United Kingdom before earning her doctorate in Special Education from the University of Buffalo in New York. She brings over three decades of expertise in special education to her role as program chair of the Special Education Teacher Assistant certificate program at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension. \nKeep learning\nThis session is hosted by the Special Education Teacher Assistant program. Visit our program page for additional details and a closer look at all upcoming courses. \nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/become-a-special-education-teacher-assistant/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:How to Apply to the Premed Postbacc Program
DESCRIPTION:Join UC Santa Cruz Healthcare Pathways for a live online information session to learn about our Premed Postbacc Cohort\, Premed and Pre-Health DIY Pathways\, and other program offerings. \nWe’ll provide an overview of our programs and cover how to apply for our next admissions cycle\, which opens August 7. We’ll also discuss the application process\, admissions timeline\, coursework\, advising\, MCAT preparation\, and more. \nYou’ll have plenty of time to ask questions and connect directly with program staff. \nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/how-to-apply-to-the-premed-postbacc-program-2/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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